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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17
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Gov. TAYLOR Of Tennessee. Will par
don all persons In the state penitenti'
ri-s und,r fifteen years OF age. Th'
STATE that sends a child under fift'' q
y ars Of age to the penitentinry commi r
a greater crime against soriety than tn'
child criminal possibly could have done
[ IL nigh time such barbarity In tbt
n me Of law came 10 perpetual end.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17

'CBE supreme court Of Tennessee de-
cIdes that the conditions and contract"
on the telegraph blanks are not binding
on the sender Of the message. The cOm-
psny cannot contract against It's own
negligence. This simply means that In
that state the people have rights that tel
egrsph companies are bound TO respect.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17

NOTHING ever saved Memphis, Tenn.
from the supineness and ill-starred
uoIicy Of a sleepy, insensible municipal
administration, bat the fearful scourge
Of 1878. which. sweeping her citiz-ns
away by the thousands, opened her
Eyes to the necessity Of cleanliness. sew
rage and sanitation, and resulted In
l-avlng her one OF the most admirably
severed, cleaned and watered cities
therr is In the south. viii 1t be DeGes-
sary for San Antonio to be taught ssni-
rary wisdom in the same way. Expert
ence Is very expensive teacher when
she gives such lessons. 1t might be well
to try the ounce Of prevention first.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17

Hackmetack,"a lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price 25 and 80 cents. Fol
sale by Bowling & Flood. l-l36m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17

Students with explosives have been
arrested in ST. Petersburg on the way
the cZAr was known to be coming to at
tend service In GommemOratiOn Of bis
predecessor. The plot appears to have
been widespread. Cipher kilograms have
been received 4 Berlin saying that the
leader Of the plot was under arrest In
the fortress Of Peter and Paul.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17

Catarrh cured, heal' b and sweet breath
secured. by Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.
Price 30 GEMS. Nasal injector ree. For
sale by Bowling & Flood. l-l3-6m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17

TIE State Homeopathic association
meets In Fo't Worth May 81. The little
pill doctors may be little In pills, but
they are great In cures.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17

THE Fort Worth Gazette took the short
road out Of an ANNOYANCE when IL nl-
owed Itself to be blsckmsiled $50 ~
10 settle a libel suit Of $4,000. Had The
Gazette taken the bull by the horns IL
would have been little trouble for the
Gszerte, but might have taught the H.
Del bull 4 lesson.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17

The state geological survey, u pro-
perry equipped, will be q bonanza to
Texas By no other means can her
mineral resources become 80 fully
known. No other report could 30 chal-
lenge the attention Of miners as such q
port from such a source. The state
needs the survey. the state can AFFORD
the survey, the state should have lie
survey.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-17
How to Gain Flesh and Strength.

I1o" W 1dAh OIL che
Use after each meal Scott's Emulsion with
Hypophosphltes. II is as palatable as milk
and easily digested. The rapi 'ity with which
delicate people improve with It's use is won,
derful. Use II and try your weight. As a
remedy for consumption. throat affections and
bronchitis, II Is unequaled p ease read: II
used SCOTS Emulsion IA q child eight months
old with God results. re gained four pounds
in very short time" Tho. Prim, N. ID a., Ala
Uama.
Sleepless nights, made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure Is the
remedy for you. For sale by bowling &
Flood. 1-l3-6m
For lame back, side or chest. Use Sbi-
lOh's Porus Plaster. Price % cents For
sale BY D"wling q Flood. 1.l3 6m
San Antonio poultry yards. Eggs
from my imported Plymouth Rock,
SI.5O per setting of thirteen. Csll NJ No.
il75 North Flores street. 2-lS lmO*
Shiloh's Vitalizsr is what you need for
constipation, luss Of appetite. dizzin e.,
and all symptoms OF dyspepsia. Prize
10 and Is cents per bottle. For sale by
bowling & Flood. l13-6m
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The Monday meeting OF the corgre-

The Monday meeting OF the corgre-
gationallst ministers Of Chicago adopted
eulogistIc resolutions on Henry Ward
Beecher and spread them on the min
utes. Thus IL Is In order to eulogize the
dead divine. but not In order TO forward
a sympathetic message to his afflicted
wife, than whom no nohler woman has
graced domestic lite this generation
Consistency Is a jewel, but It is not The
fashion for Chicago congregstional.stsi 10
wear IL.
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WORKING CLASSES AAJ At s1s s5E d =.

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Business new, light and profitable. Pt rsons
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ness. we make this offer. To such as are not
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No MAN knoweth the situation In Eng
land, not even Gladstone. The tories
are divided, the conservative tories are
In hot water lest the liberals unite. the
Chamberlain crowd are trying to hold
on to GlSdstones skirts with one hand
and Snlisbury's with the other, and
Gladstone is waiting the issue OF events.
determined that In n" case and under no
circumstances shall coercive Legislation
prevail II 1t lie in the power OF combina-
tions to prevent the unrighteous act.
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IN nn0 Subscribers to the WEEKLY LIGHT
lU,UUU wanCed. at onl 81 year.
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.NIXTY DOLLARS-Will buy four nice build
> ing lots in block l39, on Alazan creek. In
Iuir, of T. B. johnson LIGHT Office.
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The east and the west Of Europe are
d uided check on middle and southern
Europe. France has the most efficient
navy Of any European power; Russia
mas the largest army. Germany dares
not attack Russia on the east for fear Of
France making inroads on her western
borders. should abe attack France on
the west Russia would make good her
,othold in all the Dsnubian principsli
les and BE- more than menace to Aus
lro. Hungary. England dsres not enter
INTO alliance with Germany for the
French fleet would then be at Russia s
disposal for the occupation OF the Bos-
phorus. France and Russia hold the
gates, and under the circumstances 1t 10
not Bisnsrk but the car who holds the
European balances In his hand and
through whom alone the peace OF the
continent can be preserved. As master
II Europe Bismsrk finds bis occupation
gone. His septenate bill won't save
dim.
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'TNwO-Fine building lots for sale, size ll0xl7O
l feet, in block 1877, west of San Pedro creek,
adjoining Krisch property. Inquire of 7. B,
Johnson LIGHT office
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RNrERrp AT PosTorTIoE AT San ANTONIO
Texas, As sECosD-CLAss NATTER.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08
FORTUNE IN THREE MONTHS.
What Meredith Loraax Made Out of Deals
in Kansas City Realty.

lOulCNSO NcMbsl
Meredith Lomax left Chicago last March
with a $40 bill in his pocket.
The next day he arrived in Kansas City
and engaged board at cheap hostelry.
On April he got an option on a small
piece of real estate. he paid $40 for the op-
ton and the option was for ten days. The
real estate was located In desirable part
of the city and was improved" In four
days Mr.. Lomax was offered 500 for the
option and he took it.
On April II he paid $500 for fifty acres of
rolling prairie in Holbrook's addition. On
the plats this spot looked like the garden
of Eden; on the spot it was a gloomy re-
minder of Pomped after the eruption.
On May Mr.. Lomax sold twenty acres
of this paradisiacal claim for SIS 600. Then
he printed plausible paragraphs in the
local papers to the effect that an Eastern
syndicate contemplated erecting large
wooden mills in the neighborhood of Lo.
max place, as he named the barren waste.
On May 20 wealthy idiot from Boston
bit at the bait and paid Mr.. Lomax $40, 900
for the thirty acres of land.
Mr.. Lomax returned to Chicago night be-
ore last with $50, 900, and he will make his
permanent abode here.
81 sill have some real estate interests in
Kansas City," said he, last evening. "One
corner lot in fashionable part of the city
ls IUy pIlQcs IL duQ
would make pleasant home for an asth-
matte who desires to find seclusion from
the noise and hustle of the world. From
this corner lot a commanding view can be
had of all the church steeples in the city,
and on the north side of it is as fine
riparian privilege as ever load OF dirt was
dumped in. If get for this corner lot
price anywhere near as high as the lot itself
l shall be the richest man in the West, and
/ will become candidate for the United
States Senate.
kansas City is sui generis," continued
Mr.. Lomax. Eastern capitalists are in
demsnd-particular fine old gentlemen
from Boston. The hotel Offices are crowded
with enterpris1ng citizens waiting for a
Boston man to show up. A man OF the
name of Adams, or Thayer, or Dana, or
Quincy, no sooner gets into Missouri than
there's a brass band at the Kansas City
Union Depot ready to tender him an ova-
ton.
last weak 1 attended the funeral of a
prominent citizen,n said Mr.. Lomax. cit
was largely attended, the real estate offices
having entered into an agreement to close
for an hour in order to admit of paying
proper respect to the deceased. In the
presence of the sobbing multitude the
minister ian eminent divine) offered up an
eloquent player, closing with these words:
in thy infinite mercy, o Lord, remember
that, whilst our departed brother was in
life an erring earlhworm, he acquired
through patient industry some OF the most
valuable real estate in our midst. Comfort
the breaking heart of his disconsolate
widow, and, il it be thy will, send hither
| from the East the wherewithal to afford
| her handsome advance on the desirable
| corner lots of which she has by this be-
| reavement become possessed
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08

that peculiar dignity which marks the
earnest philosopher, and he welded an in
fluence which had been steadily increasing
since the first issue of Progress and
Poverty But now that he has become,
not only an active factor in poll
tics, but an active ofice-seeker, he
is losing much of his potentiality as
doctrinaire. We do not believe that
William Lloyd Garrison, for example,
would have exercised nearly so much in
fuence In his day and generation
If he had sought Office as a means
of propsgating Abolitionism. 1t seemed
peculiarly fitting that he should remain
in the attitude of an eloquent promoter
of political doctrine, keeping aloof from
candidatures. 1t was for him to make
candidates, not to be one. By pursuing
this course he kept himself free from the
suspicion of selfish interest, and he was
thereby able to give more force to
Henry George. 1t is not for him
to participate in nominating conventions
as an aspirant for honoIs. 1t is his part. If
he would serve his cause to the best pur-
pose, to write its platforms, to formulate
and advocate its principles. As writer of
books he stands one of the most admirable
figures in American literature; and as
a speaker, having no other motive than
the furtherance of his theories, he at
tracted great audiences wherever he went,
either in this country or Great Britain.
But since he has become known as an
available candidate, he has lost something
of that strong hold he had upon his disci-
pies. and this because he no longer
stands as an economist devoted
only to the propagation of an economical
doctrine having as its aim the ameliora-
ton of the condition of the laboring
classes, We have no doubt that Mr.. George
is as sincere as he ever was, but he has
stepped out of his true sphere and has as
sumed a role that does not befit him.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08
THE INDIANA STATE sENTINELF WEDNESDAY JUNE 1887.

this morning. But few men in history
have made such generous bequests in
these directions. Girard gave $4,000
600 to found the college that bears
his name, and John S. Hopkins
about the same smount to establish the
great university at Baltimore. Probably
not more than half dozen American
millionaires have made as splendid bene-
factions as has Mr. PePauw. 1t is noble
outcome of busy life. Such men are the
finest products of Christian civilization.
Mr.. DePauw was guided by the scriptural
idea of stewardship. He recognized that
it was bis duty to use his wealth for the
promotion of enterprises which would
inure TO the benefit of his fellow
man. He was utterly devoid of
of the misers passion. He was a man OF
simple habits, wholly without ostenta-
tiousness, having no disposition to make
display his possessions. He sought no dis
tinctious, though his generosities before
his death won for him great honor. He
devoted himself greatly to the amassing of
a great fortune, and the special aim of
his life reaches its fulillment when
the grave has closed over him. 1t is to
such men that monuments attesting the
public regard are most appropriately
erected. He is dead, but he has set in
motion forces for the elevation of society
which will endure forever.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08
GENERAL GRANT.
A Confederate Opinion of His wilder
ness Campaign.


ness Campaign.
From the Centuary war papers for June
we quote the following: when General
the union armies and established his head
quarters with the Army of the Potomac,
we of the Army of Northern Virginia knew
very little about his character and capacity
as a commander. Even old army officers,
who were supposed to know all about any
one who had ever been in the army before
the war, seemed to know as little as any
body else. The opinion was pretty freely
expressed, however, that his Western laurels
would wither in. the climate of Virginia.
His name was associated with Shiloh,
where it was believed that he had been
outgeneraled and badly beaten by Albert
Sidney Johnston, and saved by Buell.. The
capture of Vicksburg and the battle OF
Chattanooga, which gave him a brilliant
reputation at the North, were believed by
the Confederates to be due more to the
weakness of the forces opposed to him aud
the bad generalship of their commanders
than to any great ability on his part. That
he was bold and aggressive, we all knew,
but we believed that it was the boldness
and aggressiveness that arises from the
consciousness of strength, as he had gen.
orally managed to fight his battles with
the advantage OF largely superior numbers.
That this policy of force would be pur-
sued when he took command in Virginia,
we had no doubt; but we were not pre-
pared for the unparalleled.stubbor
tenacity with which he persisted in his at
tacks under the fearful losses which this
army sustained att the Wilderness and at
Spotsylyania. General Grants method of
conducting the campaign was freq uentlY
discussed among the Confederates, aud the
universal verdict was that he was no
strategist and that he relied almost en-
tirely upon the brute force of numbers for
success. Such policy is not characteristic
of high order of generalship, and seldom
wins unless the odds are overwhelmingly
on the side of the assailant. 1t failed in
this instance, as shown by the result at
Cold Harbor, which necessitated an entire
change in the plan of campaign. What a
part at least of his own men thought about
General Grants methods was shown by The
fact that many of the prisoners taken dur
ing the campaign complained bitterly of
the useless butchery' to which they were
subjected, some going so far as to prophesy
the destruction of their army. He fightsp
was the pithy reply of President Lincoln to
a deputation of influential politicians
who urged his removal from the command
of the army. These two words embody
perfectly the Confederate idea of General
Grant at that time. If. as the medieval
chroniclers tell u.s. Charles Martel (the
Hammer) gained that title by seven days
continuous battle with the Saracens at
Tours. General Grant certainly entitled
himself to like distinction by his thirty
days campaign from the Wilderness to
Gold Harh0r
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08
A RIALTO NEEDED,

The business men of Indianapolis need
meeting place. In other cities we find
clubs or restaurants or exchanges, at which
each man sees his fellows of the street at
least once a day. From this daily
attrition great benefit comes to
ali, The business life of q COM
munity should have the social feature
part of it. Otherwise 1t will be lacking in
unifcation. For this re lson the Sentinel
has founded the Mercantile Club. The de-
bates that have occurred at the meetings of
that interesting organization have been OF
good effect as we have every reason to be-
lieve. All business men have common in
terests, despite the rivalries of trade, and
it is quite essential. in order that those
common interests may not be sacrificed
for want of proper attention, that they
should occasionally touch elbows. Selfish
ness and pettiness largely disappear under
the influence of neighborly association.
The banker should meet his customers else
where than in his own Office, and the mer-
chant and the manufacturer should
be thrown together now and then when
bargains are not in question. Such inter
course develops spirit of comradeship
that adds great charm to'commercial life,
and prevents men from living wholly
within themselves. There ought to be q
great deal more OF this sort OF thing in In
dianapolis than there is. Just at this time
the business men need to be much to-
gether to discuss the important problems
in which they are all deeply interested and
upon the solution Of which the city's well
fare so largely depends. Club life of some
kind is essential in every large city. Other
wise men lose sight of one another. There
are many cities not 30 large as Indian
apolis where much attention is devoted
to the maintenance of meeting-places to
which. for en- hour day, business men re-
sort to look into each others faces. Some.
times it is club, sometimes q luncheon
ground merely. The very informality oil
the gatherings breeds good-fellowship, the
fruit of which is seen in the elevation oil
the general commercial tone and in the
iacilitation of all enterprises contributing
to the public welfare.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08
THE CHURCH AND THE LAW.

THE CHURCH AND THE Law.
A resolution was passed at one of the
many religious assemblsges which have
been held during the past week, urging
the enforcement Oh certain social reforms
by the strong arm of the law. From our
point of view, it is difficult to see why the
church should invoke the aid of the law
in its work of uprooting the abuses from
which society suffers. Pride, if nothing
else, should make the church 10th to abdi-
cate any of its functions or confess to ina
bility by seeking other resources than those
which it enjoys exclusively. The church
Is nothing if not militant, and its sphere is
very clearly defined. The clergyman is not
a sheriff, nor is the sheriff pastor. Their
duties are distinct, and they have nothing
whatever in common. 1t is the duty of
the minister to preach the Gospel and to
persuade sinners to turn from the error of
their ways. 1t is his function to improve
the morals of the community in which he
moves by inducing men to forego evil
works. 1t is for the sheriff to bring to
punishment. When the clergyman seeks
to better men and to rid the social body OF
disease by operating through the sheriff,
he renders himself liable to the charge
that he is untitled for the position he
holds, or renders the church of
which he is an apostle liable to the
charge that 1t has confessed to
incompetence. The church is discredited
whenever its ministers call upon the sheriff
to work out those reforms which have been
divinely intrusted to the church. Tt
should, on the other hand, jealousy cling
to its legitimate functions. Otherwise the
church becomes purely an ornamental in
stitution of no serious import. 1t should
lay claim to all-sufficiency within its
jurisdiction, and delegate to no
outside fundamentally any right
or function or privilege which
belongs to it. The resolution to which we
have referred dealt with the temperance
question. The church is entirely COM
petent to solve this great problem In the
very best way conceivable without calling
upon the sheriff to undertake the work of
reform. But by turning the matter over
to the Legislatures and the courts, it
practically acknowledges that 1t is with.
out potentiality. 1t is just such actions as
this on the part of ministers of the gospel
that cause Mr.. Ingersoll to smile.